Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Lai (leprosy) Kangxi Strokes: 21 Page 782, Entry 02 According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced lai (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is an evil disease. In the Analects (Lunyu), it is recorded that Boniu had a disease. The commentary notes that former Confucian scholars considered this to be leprosy. The original form of this character is li. Also, according to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced la (entering tone). It is the same as the character la.